Photos: Preparing for the Winter Olympics
The town of Sochi, Russia, prepares for the 2014 Olympics in February. Some believe progress is too slow. The committee must also deal with protestors.
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Buildings at the "Rosa Khutor" Alpine center in Sochi, Russia, are surrounded by low cloud Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. The base of the center will host all alpine skiing competition during the Olympics Games in February 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Journalists working during heavy snowfall on a highest point of "Rosa Khutor" Alpine center at 2,320 meters above sea level in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. The base of the center will host all alpine skiing competition during Olympics Games in February 2014. Snowy Russian samovar for making tea is on the right. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Gondolas move as people make their way to the top of "Rosa Khutor" Alpine center in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. The base of the center will host all alpine skiing competition during Olympics Games in February 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Journalists working during a heavy snowfall on a highest point of "Rosa Khutor" Alpine center at 2,320 meters above sea level in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. The base of the center will host all alpine skiing competition during Olympics Games in February 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
The view is distorted as the windshield of a car is covered in water as a driver makes his way through stormy weather after unusually heavy rainfall caused localized flooding in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Many critics still complain about underdeveloped infrastructure in Sochi, where the Olympics will be held in February. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
A woman walks across a bridge over Sochi river, where unusually heavy rainfall has caused localized flooding in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Many critics still complain about underdeveloped infrastructure in Sochi, where the Olympics will be held in February 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
A woman runs across a puddle as the city streets fill with water after heavy rains in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Many critics still complain about underdeveloped infrastructure in Sochi, where the Olympics will be held in February 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Gondolas, loaded with people, make their way to the top of "Rosa Khutor" Alpine center in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. The base of the center will host all alpine skiing competition during the Olympics Games in February 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Russian police officers detain a gay rights activist during a protest outside the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games organizing committee office, in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Several Russian gay rights activists held a small protest in front of the Olympics organizing committee, where they were detained by police. The protesters have come to express their opposition to Russia's new anti-gay laws which they consider to violate the human rights of the gay community. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Russian police officers detain Russia's leading gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev, centre, during a protest outside the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games organizing committee office, in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Several Russian gay rights activists held a small protest in front of the Olympics organizing committee, where they were detained by police. The protesters have come to express their opposition to Russia's new anti-gay laws which they consider to violate the human rights of the gay community. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Preparing for the Winter Olympics
Russia's leading gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev runs away from a plainclothes policeman during a protest outside the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games organizing committee office, in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Several Russian gay rights activists held a small protest in front of the Olympics organizing committee, where they were detained by police. The protesters have come to express their opposition to Russia's new anti-gay laws which they consider to violate the human rights of the gay community. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)